NIKOLAY N SHOPOV

A Television creative, with 9 years of experience in production and on-air television show programs. Produced and Directed numerous television shows from concept, development through to final production.

Comfortable with live, studio and location formats.
Proficient at managing large production crews, presenters and celebrities. Known for ability to manage numerous complex projects and react quickly to new challenges within tight deadlines. This has enabled Nikolay to work on various broadcast formats including both long and short form.

Dates: May 2013 – April 2015Name of the company: The New Urban Productions Ltd.
Web address: www.urban.bg

Type of business: Producing television shows and making music videos; Advertising and any related to advertising activities; giving information, programs, and consultancy services, etc.; computer design and graphics, development of websites, dealing with intellectual property, know-how, and others.

Position held: Owner and CEO
Main activities and responsibilities:
– selection of employees and team formation according to the needs of a given project and assessment of honorariums and salaries;
– management of the team members’ activities – distribution of tasks and observation of the performance at different projects;
– development of concepts for advertising strategies, logos, and visions for billboards;
– conduct negotiations for partnerships and provision of technical equipment and maintenance;
– responsibility for investments in purchasing new technical equipment for a better quality of the production;
– responsibility for the directing and the montage of the video productions.

Dates: the year 2012 – the year 2014Name of the company: Old School Productions Ltd.
Web address: www.oldschool.bg

Type of business: Production company with employees more than 100 people.

Position held: Production Stage Manager / As. Director
Main activities and responsibilities:
– manage rehearsals, actors, technicians, props and costume fittings, and liaise with the front of house staff and the director;
good understanding of both the technical and artistic elements of a performance so that they can ensure it is delivered exactly to the director’s requirements;
– deal with any emergencies or issues that may hinder the show;

Dates: May 2013 – March 2014Name of the company: No Frame Media Ltd.
Web address: www.noframe.tv

Type of business: Production company with employees between 100 and 200 people.
Positions held: Stage manager / Assistant Director

Main activities and responsibilities:

– scheduling and running rehearsals
– communicating the director’s wishes to designers and craftspeople
– coordinating the work of the stage crew
– calling cues and possibly actors’ entrances during a performance
– overseeing the entire show each time it is performed
– mark out the dimensions of the set on the floor of the rehearsal hall
– make sure rehearsal props and furnishings are available for the actors
– attend all rehearsals

Dates: April 2008 – December 2014Name of the company: Medium station Ltd.
Web address: www.mediumstation.com

Type of business or sector: Production company
Occupation or position held: Director / Stage Manager / Floor Manager

Main activities and responsibilities:

– meeting producers commissioning a script or an idea for a documentary interpreting scripts and developing storyboards

– deciding on how the production should look and where it should be filmed

III. OTHER PROJECTS

Host and Producer – TV Talk Show – “Counterpoint” (“Kontrapunkt”). Broadcasted on National Cable Television “Eurocom” on prime time every Sunday at 7:30pm. More info: http://eurocom.bg/shows/kontrapunkt

IV. EDUCATION AND TRAINING

University education:

2012 – 2016 (Graduated)

New Bulgarian University (www.nbu.bg)

BACHELOR DEGREE in Film and Television.
Cinema, Advertising, and Television – Television and Film Directing
2013

National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts (www.natfiz.bg)PLAYWRITING AND SCRIPTWRITING, DIRECTING AND EDITING OF SHORT FILM FORMS.
The course allows for acquiring qualification for practical implementation of short author’s films.
Secondary education:

2001 – 2012
8th Secondary School “Vasil Levski” part of the Cambridge schools, with specialty English language.

V. PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Social and organizational skills and competencies:

Excellent organizational and leadership skills; A good team player; Strong concentration, multitasking, and ability to work on different projects simultaneously; Very well developed creative thinking ; Fast decision maker with ability to work under pressure and take responsibility intense situations (during production process);

Technical skills and competences:

Technical knowledge of production process management; Excellent knowledge and work with editing software Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effect, Final Cut;